The first three games of the SaGa series were marketed in North America as The Final Fantasy Legend series，although they included no themes or characters from the Final Fantasy games.[123]

None of the three games bore any Final Fantasy branding in their original Japanese versions，where they were titled Makai Toushi Sa・Ga（魔界塔士 Sa・Ga，lit. Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World ~ Sa・Ga），Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu（Sa・Ga2: 秘宝伝説，lit. Sa・Ga2: The Treasure Legend），and Jikuu no Hasha ~ Sa・Ga3 [Kanketsu Hen]（時空の覇者 Sa・Ga3 [完結編]，lit. The Ruler of Time and Space ~ Sa・Ga3 [Final Chapter]）.[123]

The Final Fantasy name was dropped for later SaGa games brought to North America.[123]

The three games were republished by Sunsoft (again under the Final Fantasy Legend name) in 1998.[124]